Georgia-1972: Elephant Herd Feeding on Hay in Spring Woodland at a Wildlife Park

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationGeorgia, United States
Duration8s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 · Georgia, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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1972 · Georgia · Reel 7dc40791 contains 5 published Stockfilm-exclusive clips. Watch them in reel order and review the available reel documentation.

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What is in this clip

captive wildlife
safari park tourism
animal feeding
family vacation
roadside attractions
1970s leisure
herd behaviour

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan · eye level, slightly downhill toward the herd
Setting: outdoor · Grassy slope and hay pile in thin-trunked woodland at a drive-through wildlife park
Time and weather: daytime · spring · overcast or shaded daylight
Lighting: soft diffuse daylight under tree cover
People: 0
Animals: elephants · small tan animal
Objects: hay pile · red earth mound · fallen branches · tree trunks
Colors: brown · olive green · rust red · tan
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: Low

Moments in the footage

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Four elephants stand grouped on a grassy slope, heads down at a hay pile, with a small tan animal in the left foreground.
The camera drifts left, bringing a mound of red earth and a patch of bright sky into the frame.
The view eases back to centre the herd, and a hair in the gate shows briefly at the top of the frame.
The herd keeps feeding in place as the shot holds on the slope and woodland behind.

Elephant Herd Feeding on Hay in Spring Woodland at a... — Clip Details

Likely Georgia, United States, circa 1972 home movie footage of a small elephant herd feeding at a drive-through wildlife park. Two adults and two smaller juveniles stand close together on a grassy slope with their heads down at a pile of hay, backed by thin-trunked woodland with white-flowering trees. A small tan animal sits in the left foreground beside a mound of red earth. The handheld camera drifts slightly left and back again in one unbroken shot.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 8s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800000427

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People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1972 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Georgia, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Serves requests for circa 1972 American safari park or roadside animal attraction footage, showing a captive elephant herd feeding in open woodland.
Period detail: Warm, brown-leaning colour film and elephants kept loose in woodland rather than behind bars may show the drive-through park format popular in the early 1970s.
Home-movie behavior: The shot holds on the herd from a short distance in the casual way of a vacation camera, drifting off to the side and back without any staging.
What appears in frame: Two adult elephants and two juveniles at a hay pile, a small tan animal in the left foreground, a red earth mound, fallen branches, a grassy slope and thin-trunked trees with white blossom.
Film character: Soft focus, visible grain, warm brown-shifted colour and a brief hair in the gate give it the texture of projected small-gauge film.
Edit role: Works as a short cutaway or memory beat within a wildlife park or vacation sequence, with enough hold to sit under narration.
Historical context: The herd feeds from hay on open ground among trees, the uncaged presentation that drive-through animal parks in the United States offered in this period.
Research note: No signs or logos appear and the park is unnamed; the Georgia location is an estimate from the reel, and property rights in the venue are separate from copyright in the film.
Research search match: 1970s home movie elephants feeding, drive-through safari park footage, vintage wildlife park elephants on hay, American South animal attraction film.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with the zebras feeding in pine woods, the lion walking past the car and the white antelope from this reel, then with other 1970s safari park or zoo footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Elephant herd feeding at a hay pile in woodland at a drive-through wildlife park, likely Georgia, circa 1972, with a small tan animal in front. — Two adult elephants and two juveniles feed at a hay pile on a wooded slope, circa 1972.
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Camera drifted left to show a red earth mound beside feeding elephants at a wildlife park, likely Georgia, circa 1972. — The camera drifts left, showing a red earth mound next to the feeding herd.
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Adults and juveniles in an elephant herd eating hay on a slope in spring woodland, likely Georgia, circa 1972 small-gauge film. — The herd stays grouped at the hay as the camera recentres; a hair in the gate shows at the top of the frame.
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Late in the shot, elephants keep feeding on a wooded slope at a drive-through wildlife park, likely Georgia, circa 1972. — The herd continues feeding in place near the end of the shot.
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